Blind source separation from microphone array

1. What is blind audio source separation?
2. What is a microphone array?
3. What is microphone vs microphone array?
4. Is microphone array internal mic?

What is blind audio source separation?

Blind Audio Source Separation (BASS) consists in recovering one or several source signals from a given mixture signal. Direct applications include real-time speaker separation for simultaneous translation, sampling of musical sounds for electronic music composition.

What is a microphone array?

A microphone array is any number of microphones operating in tandem. There are many applications: Systems for extracting voice input from ambient noise (notably telephones, speech recognition systems, hearing aids) Surround sound and related technologies.

What is microphone vs microphone array?

A Microphone Array (or array microphone) is a microphone device that functions just like a regular microphone, but instead of having only one microphone to record sound input, it has multiple microphones (2 or more) to record sound. The microphones in the array device work together to record sound simultaneously.

Is microphone array internal mic?

"Microphone Array" is your laptop's internal mic, nothing to do with your USB mic. You are listening to your laptop's mic, not your USB mic.